anteater
noun
ant·eat·er
ˈant-ˌē-tər 
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Imagine an ancient mammal that looks like a blend of a pig and an anteater but is more closely related to horses and rhinos.
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2024
Like an anteater licking an anthill clean with its long, thin tongue.
—Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Like anteaters, a tamandua's diet mainly consists of ants, eating up to 9,000 in one day.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 31 May 2024
The rest — a group that over the years has included lions, parrots, eagles, badgers, sloths, a capybara, a bearcat and an anteater — are usually just stopping through.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2024
Like an anteater licking an anthill clean with its long, thin tongue.
—Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Like anteaters, a tamandua's diet mainly consists of ants, eating up to 9,000 in one day.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 31 May 2024
The rest — a group that over the years has included lions, parrots, eagles, badgers, sloths, a capybara, a bearcat and an anteater — are usually just stopping through.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
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anteater
noun
ant·eat·er
ˈant-ˌēt-ər
: any of several mammals (as an echidna or aardvark) that feed on ants
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